Line #29 Awesome/StormHawks


1	* "Age of Heroes":
2	** When Cyclonis catches Finn and Junko trying to steal back the Aurora Stone, Finn, to his credit, only grins sheepishly for a moment before taking his crossbow and firing right at her. Cyclonis stops the arrow midair with ease, and directs its crystal to explode toward the two Storm Hawks.
3	** Aerrow takes out a whole squadron by leading them into a vertical climb, then jumping off his ride and slicing through each of the enemies' on the way down.
4	** Aerrow defeating the Dark Ace in their rematch.
5	* Anytime the Condor comes to the rescue, sounding its deep, foghorn-like horn.
6	* "The Code":
7	** The episode features a competition between the Rex Guardians and the Storm Hawks, with the former pulling MyRuleFuIsStrongerThanYours to get the Storm Hawks disqualified on various inane technicalities. Then Piper steps up, and not only manages to pull off a perfect martial arts routine but also manages to exploit a loophole to get ''her'' opponent disqualified.
8	--->'''Harrier:''' But that... That's...\
9	'''Piper:''' A taste of your own medicine?
10	** Aerrow jams a wrench into the wing of the Dark Ace's ride, then tricks him into chasing him through a cave with a narrow exit. Aerrow is able to escape easily while the Dark Ace's ride crashes due to Aerrow's sabotage making him unable to collapse his wings.
11	* "Tranquility Now":
12	** Junko stopping the crashing airship.
13	** Snipe makes the mistake of calling Junko a "[[BerserkButton gleep]]". The latter gets a HeroicSecondWind and proceeds to mercilessly thrash his opponent.
14	* Aerrow jumping from one skyride to another multiple times in "Best Friends Forever".
15	* "Absolute Power":
16	** Starling's cool entrance, in which she appears out of nowhere to make a casual one-handed catch of a violently flung record. Cue her {{leitmotif}}.
17	--->'''Starling:''' Problem with your record player?\
18	'''Piper:''' ''[stammers]'' Starling! What are you doing here?\
19	'''Starling:''' I'm on a mission. And I need some help. ''[leitmotif intensifies]''
20	** Starling taking out two Raptor pilots by leaping to one, flipping him and using the momentum to get herself to the other one, then kicking him while flipping back to land on her own ride, making her the only person in the show aside from Aerrow and the Dark Ace to use the "jump on your opponent's ride" technique.
21	** Aerrow sending his motorcycle into a ''front wheelie tornado'' to scatter the blockade ahead of them.
22	** Starling defeating Repton, and escaping with both his skimmer and the shield he had taken from the Interceptors as a BattleTrophy.
23	* "Velocity":
24	** Dark Ace infiltrates the annual Terra Sahar race to trick all the Sky Knights into cannibalizing and wrecking their skimmers for parts, leaving Aerrow with the only functioning skimmer on Sahara and the Sky Knights vulnerable to an attack from the Talons.
25	** Aerrow and Radarr escaping the gust Dark Ace has trapped them in by by powering down their skimmer and letting the gust spiral them, before deploying the wings and to slingshot out.
26	--->'''Aerrow:''' Next time you try to finish off a Storm Hawk, might want to try something different than a storm.
27	** Piper creating a massive and powerful gunship from every available spare part left and piloted by every Sky Knight who participated in the race.
28	* Stork's sequence in "Fire and Ice". First, he evades the (pissed-off) Raptors. When he gets back on the ship, they finally catch up. He looks like his usual, pessimistic, paranoid self, until, well...oh, this could be bad...''for them''. He begins loosing off traps on them until they find him at the bridge, and, well, his 'last request' pretty much sums up the scene. "Get off my ship." Cue violent ejection of the Raptors.
29	* "King for a Day":
30	** Finn gets the ring from the unclimbable peak by doing it his way, and shooting it down.
31	** When Aerrow shows Finn how the Vaposians are giving him all their food just because they think he is their savior, Finn cancels the celebration and goes to fight the monsters terrorizing the Vaposians all by himself. For all his flaws, Finn is a hero at his core.
32	* In "Thunder Run", Aerrow faces two Cyclonians in a "who will blink first" dare. The two Cyclonians align their rides so their wings form a blockade, just for Aerrow to charge at them with his own ride, retract its wings and fly past them through the gap between the wings of their skyrides. Yet another super cool stunt for Aerrow's collection.
33	* "Escape!":
34	** Aerrow and Radarr's resourcefulness throughout this episode is something to behold. While Aerrow fends off Warden Moss's men and dogs with well placed traps, Radarr assembles a Skimmer from various parts he finds in the forest. While it's a rust bucket that barely holds together before Moss destroys it, it is still vital to him and Aerrow escaping. Even when it completely falls apart, Aerrow and Radarr are still able to make use of its engine for SkySurfing. Cue the Condor, just in time. Just before Aerrow makes a jump to board, he winks cheekily at Moss and flips the engine around to fly straight at him.
35	** The reveal that while Moss was chasing Aerrow and Radarr, the other Storm Hawks had liberated every single inmate in Moss's prison makes Aerrow and Radarr's feats even more impressive.
36	* "Leviathan": The Storm Hawks take on the titular leviathan without their ship, which has been swallowed by the beast along with Radarr, using a rusty, outdated airship called the Skyquod and still emerge victorious.
37	** When Finn runs out of ammo, Aerrow, Piper and Junko maneuver the leviathan into tangling itself up in its own tentacles.
38	** The Skyquod fires a grappling hook into the leviathan's mouth to pull the Condor out. When the winch proves too weak, Stork chooses to ram the ship right into the creature's mouth. He then uses a bottle of potent vinegar to make the leviathan burp out not only the Condor but also Radarr and other survivors.
39	** Tritonn, the Sky Knight who earlier refused to help the Storm Hawks due to being terrified of the leviathan, comes to their rescue when they are attacked by sky sharks.
40	* "Storm Hawks Seven":
41	** Aerrow and Radarr pull off what can only be described as an "electric-blue corkscrew of death." It's ridiculously cool, even for ''this'' show's standards.
42	** The BeamOWar between Finn's electric guitar and Ravess' violin orchestra. A hastily-rewired ''Condor'' was a match for a heavily-armed garrison.
43	--->'''Stork:''' It's working! Finn's music is actually saving lives!
44	* "Calling All Domos" has [[LovableCoward Stork]] and [[ButtMonkey Finn]] being the ones to save the day while the other Storm Hawks have to take Junko to the dentist.
45	** Stork and Finn successfully sneak on board the Murk Raiders' ship and steal back the Serpergris, a crystal the Raiders stole from Terra Vapos. When the pirates pursue them, Stork convinces Finn to take the crystal back to Vapos while he leads the Murk Raiders away.
46	** The Murk Raiders unfortunately do catch Stork and force him to take them to Vapos. However, when they threaten to kill him unless the Vaposians return the crystal, Stork offers to be killed instead, showing us that no matter how cowardly he appears on the outside, Stork is a hero to his core. Then he sprays the pirates with a gas canister hidden in his new book.
47	** The king of Vapos offers to pay the Murk Raiders for the Serpergris, much to Finn and Stork's confusion. After the Murk Raiders have left with their haul, he reveals to Finn and Stork that nothing from Vapos can ever truly leave it -- such as a pile of gold that vanishes just as the Raiders are celebrating.
48	* "The Lesson": The Storm Hawks are able to beat the Cyclonians one on one (or in the case of Stork vs the Raptors, one on three) by using moves they learned through the carnival games [[TricksterMentor Arygyn]] made them play. And this is despite the Cyclonians using Enhancement Crystals that made them more powerful.
49	** Junko is put through an out-of-control bumper car ride which teaches him dexterity and maneuverability which he uses in his fight against Ravess by guiding her homing arrows back at her.
50	** Piper is made to play a high striker carnival game to increase her strength. When she faces Snipe, she sends him flying through the air with a MegatonPunch.
51	** Finn is given a fast-paced shooting gallery to practice on. While he fails to get all the targets, he does manage to nail one that Arygyn commands to fly through the air. Finn applies this same principle when he faces Repton, shooting the villain's BattleBoomerang out of the sky and then doing the same to Repton himself.
52	** Stork is made to ride an intense mechanical bull, which he takes by the horns and forces to stop. This allows Stork to improve his balance, which he uses when the Raptors try to snare him with their whips only for him to knock them into each other.
53	*** The lead up to the above is also impressive. The Raptors take shots at the Condor, prompting Stork to yell, "[[LetsGetDangerous I've had it!]]". The guy then gets into the Stork-mobile and faces the Raptors head on. No tricks, no traps, just a really pissed off Stork ready to do battle.
54	** Arygyn tells Aerrow that if he catches a speeding roller coaster, he will show Aerrow a move that will "[[ExactWords stop the Dark Ace in his tracks]]". At first, Aerrow doesn't get what Arygyn is trying to do until he recalls this lesson when fighting the Dark Ace. Aerrow accelerates his skimmer, making the Dark Ace think he is running away and causing him to halt his skimmer so Aerrow can jump onto it, while Radarr flies away on the skimmer.
55	--->'''Dark Ace:''' Just one question. How?\
56	'''Aerrow:''' How else? We've been training. ''(Blasts the Dark Ace with his Lightning Claw Maneuver)''
57	* "Atmos' Most Wanted":
58	** The Storm Hawks are once again persecuted by the Rex Guardians over a crime they didn't commit, with the Guardians refusing to step down. Stork gets rid of them by feigning a breakdown and luring them onto the Condor... so he can eject them like he did the Raptors. Bonus points for Aerrow catching on and taking his foot off the ejection platform, followed by devious smirks from the entire crew.
59	--->'''Harrier:''' What is ''this''?\
60	'''Stork:''' This... is how we say ''bye-bye''.
61	** Later in the episode, the Storm Hawks are [[NotWhatItLooksLike caught in a compromising position with the shards of the Aurora Stone]] by several other Sky Knight squadrons that they were framed for wronging earlier. Given that reasoning with them wouldn't work, Aerrow gets them to back down by threatening to use the Aurora Stone shards to nuke the entire Terra. The various OhCrap expressions make it clear that none of them are willing to call his bluff despite outnumbering the Storm Hawks at least three to one.
62	* "The Last Stand":
63	** Junko yells at the other three Wallops for their laziness and apathy to being attacked by Mr. Moss. He then grabs one of the fire scorpions approaching them and tosses it away. This motivates the three Wallops to start taking the situation seriously.
64	** Aerrow's rematch with Mr. Moss. In "Escape", Aerrow was able to evade Moss without his weapons and skimmer. Here, Aerrow has both and shows Moss just how outclassed he is when dealing with a properly equipped Sky Knight of Aerrow's caliber.
65	* "Royal Twist":
66	** The Nightcrawler's escape. Some slo-mo is used at just the right time to give us a good view of what's happening.
67	** The boys' surfboard stunts at the beginning of the episode. Mostly Aerrow and Junko. The latter deserves a special mention for showing off some surprising nimbleness despite his bulk.
68	* In "Second Chances", Aerrow uses the Lightning Claw in a callback to the pilot. What makes it awesome is that this time, he's completely calm as he powers up.
69	* "Five Days":
70	** Master Cyclonis takes on all of the Storm Hawks and the Condor's security systems with brutal efficiency. She also succeeds in taking the Nil Crystal the Storm Hawks had stolen from Gundstaff.
71	** Stork throwing Cyclonis out of the Condor with the trick platform. Granted, she immediately returns to the ship, but it's still a great moment for Stork.
72	** Aerrow is gravely injured thanks to an accident caused by Finn, requiring him to stay in bed for five days while the Nil Crystal heals him. When Master Cyclonis breaks into the ship to take the crystal and kill Aerrow, Aerrow reveals that thanks to a malfunctioning clock, his recovery had unknowingly been completed two minutes ago. He then sucker punches Cyclonis.
73	* In "The Ultra Dudes", Finn manages to do the "Finnito".
74	* "Payback" is loaded!
75	** The Storm Hawks get scattered across Atmos, but they're not alone in the fight. Characters from across the show come together to help them!
76	** When Repton destroys the Condor, Stork completely snaps and proceeds to go full-on Franchise/{{Rambo}} on every last Raptor until Repton's all that's left. And even in the face of the Raptor leader, Stork is filled with so much fury that he outbrawls him!
77	* The finale in general, but definitely when Aerrow and Piper achieve perfect attunement, especially after their precarious position right beforehand.
78	** The epic aerial battle in "Cyclonia Rising" between the Cyclonian fleet and a United Atmos doesn't hurt either. Crosses over with RuleOfFunny for the sheer amount of Talons OhCrap-ing as they get blown out of the sky in droves.

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